Chapter 103: So Honest
On the plane at around eight o'clock in the morning, the three of them got up early and took the first class cabin.
This made Lin Wan, who was flying first class for the first time, very excited and almost started a live broadcast.
Three hours later, I got off the plane, then transferred to a county-level city below, and then took a bus from the county-level city to a township below.
Li Chungang opened a noodle shop in this rural town. The name of the noodle shop is "Chungang Noodle House", which is very simple and unpretentious.
Li Chungang is actually almost sixty years old, but he looks young, only in his fifties.
When Chen Feng and the other two entered the noodle shop, he was wearing a white apron and cooking noodles. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, there were still five or six customers sitting in the noodle shop, and the business was still decent.
After the two parties met and introduced themselves, Li Chungang shook hands with Chen Feng enthusiastically, and then asked them if they had eaten. After Chen Feng shook his head honestly, he immediately gave them a meal and treated them to a large bowl. The barrel bone surface.
Not to mention, it was quite delicious. The tube bones given to everyone were very big. Chen Feng took a straw and sucked them for more than ten minutes before finishing them. His stomach was full.
After eating the noodles, Chen Feng wanted to give money, but the other party refused to accept anything, so he had to give up.
Then Li Chungang handed over the shop to his wife and took them home to see the paintings.
His home is not in the town, but it is not very far from the town. It takes about ten minutes to get there on his three-wheeled electric car.
An old-fashioned farmyard, a single-family house with a wall, the wall is quite high, filled with broken glass, and there is a big wolf dog inside.
According to Li Chungang, his home was attacked by a thief a few years ago. Fortunately, the thief did not know the goods. Although he stole a lot of things from his home, including his rice cooker, But he has not lost any of the paintings he painted over the years.
So, after that time, their family built a high fence and kept a big wolf dog to guard the home.
When they arrived at the gate of the yard, the big wolf dog inside kept barking, but stopped after being scolded by Li Chungang several times.
This wolfdog was indeed very big, and the two women were so frightened that they did not dare to enter.
Li Chungang went over and grabbed the big wolf dog on the chain, and then the two women hid behind Chen Feng and followed him into the yard.
Chen Feng declined the invitation to have tea in the living room of the main house and went directly to Li Chungang's studio.
His studio is very large, and the house on the left side of the yard is almost more than 200 square meters.
The decoration and layout inside are obviously not as refined and reasonable as those of Song Yi's house.
There are some shelves. There are several shelves in non-uniform formats in the innermost place of the door. Most of them are wooden shelves, which are filled with paintings, or piled with paintings. , most of which are unframed.
Some of these shelves are covered with plastic sheets, some are not, but they are all filled with a lot of dust.
The area near the door is a bit cleaner. There are several easels and various painting tools.
In addition, there are some completed or unfinished paintings placed against the wall, including oil paintings and Chinese paintings. It can only be said that Li Chungang, a folk painter, is really very good, and he can be said to have learned both Chinese and Western knowledge in the field of painting.
"Sorry, the place is a bit messy."
Li Chungang said a little embarrassed. Then, he extended his hand to invite the three people inside.
Of course Chen Feng didn't care about this, and immediately said: "Let me take a look at some of your recent works first, which ones are they?"
"This is all." Li Chungang turned to the left hand side Pointing to the shelf, "You can take a look at whatever you want."
"Okay."
Chen Feng was not polite and immediately stepped forward to check.
At first glance, Chen Feng was pleasantly surprised. He found that three paintings in total were sensitive.
This is such a surprise. It's no wonder he came all the way here.
Chen Feng immediately took the three paintings off the shelves, and then went to another row of shelves.
After reading the shelves on the left side of the door, Chen Feng received a total of five paintings out of about fifty or sixty works, which made him almost laugh out loud with joy.
Then, Chen Feng looked at the shelves on the right. There were more shelves here, with seventy or eighty works. After reading them all, Chen Feng also gained five paintings.
To be honest, Chen Feng was shocked by such a harvest.
But it’s true!
Of course Chen Feng will not be satisfied with this. Of course, the more such sensitive paintings, the better. So, Chen Feng went over there to look in the plastic sheet-covered shelves.
The search lasted more than an hour. Although he ate a lot of dust, his hard work paid off. Chen Feng found a total of 8 works from these paintings.
Eighteen works were found during this trip, and Chen Feng was surprised and delighted. I feel like I have really dug up a treasure. When I stare at Li Chungang, a folk painter with a peasant background, my eyes are different.
In Chen Feng’s view, Li Chungang is the kind of painting master who is truly buried in the world.
Chen Feng doesn’t know much about painting, but he knows that as long as it attracts him internally and contains invisible energy, it is undoubtedly a good painting.
Others don’t know, but Chen Feng knows.
This can be regarded as a natural advantage for him in the art business.
"Mr. Li, look here, there are a total of eighteen paintings. I have taken a fancy to them all. Please give me a price."
Li Chungang is very honest and has not even looked at these paintings. He is very surprised. He said casually: "You came all the way You come here to buy paintings because you think they are worth it. I will give you a cheaper price. The price I give to others is usually 2,000 for a smaller one and 3,000 for a larger one. I will give it to you all at 2,000."
Two thousand pieces! ? Eighteen paintings is only thirty-six thousand.
Chen Feng suddenly felt a psychological shock. This is too cheap!
Chen Feng had the urge to observe three minutes of silence for these paintings, feeling sad for them and not worthy of them.
Obviously their artistic value is much higher than those of so-called famous paintings, but now they are sold at such a low price.
Is the pearl covered in dust?
Chen Feng almost impulsively wanted to remind Li Chungang that these paintings of yours are very valuable. But in the end, he endured it because of his own selfishness.
"Mr. Li, you are too honest."
Chen Feng sighed secretly, but in the end his conscience couldn't bear it, and said: "Let's do it. For eighteen paintings, I will give you...100,000."
Chen Feng originally wanted to give him 180,000, for each painting Ten thousand.
But then I thought, if he suddenly had money and no pressure in his life, would he be able to create so many powerful paintings?
This is the case for many artists and literary and artistic creators. After becoming famous and rich, life is no longer stressful, and the works they create are often not as spiritual as before.
So, Chen Feng still lowered the price slightly.
"What!?" Li Chungang obviously didn't expect that Chen Feng would raise his price and raise it so much all at once.
"I'm talking about these paintings, let me count you one hundred thousand yuan. They are worth this money."
"No, no, no." Li Chungang immediately shook his head and waved his hand to refuse, "This is too much. In the past, The most expensive painting I ever sold was only 20,000 yuan. It was customized by someone else. It was more than two meters long and one meter wide. I It took me two months to finish. For these paintings, I can finish them in two days at most, and I can even finish them in one or two hours. Come here, how can I cheat you?"
His attitude and these words made Chen Feng not know what to say.
After a while, Chen Feng said with sincere admiration: "Mr. Li is really down-to-earth. I can only admire him from the bottom of my heart. In fact, I gave you this price because I think your painting is worth so much money. , and also because I want to have your right of first refusal. When you draw a new painting, take a video or photo and send it to me as soon as possible. If I like it, you can help me. I keep it and can’t sell it to anyone else.”
Li Chungang said happily after hearing this: "If you can take care of my business, and if you like my paintings, I should send you videos and photos as soon as possible. You don't need to pay extra."
"Oh! Okay! Yes, just listen to me. If you don’t charge me, I won’t feel at ease. And to be honest, I like your paintings very much, and I believe that I can attract you. The paintings can be resold for a good price. I will definitely not lose money buying so many of your paintings, and I will still make a profit."
When Li Chungang saw what Chen Feng said, he stopped insisting and nodded: "That's it. I'll give you a few more paintings."
Chen Feng couldn't refuse his kindness. This man was so sincere.
In the end, Chen Feng just picked two more paintings that he liked, and made up a total of 20 paintings.
Sign the contract and transfer money via WeChat. Li Chungang was very happy to receive 100,000 yuan at once, and he asked Chen Feng to drink at his house.
Chen Feng couldn't refuse his kindness, and since he wanted to establish a good relationship with him so that he could continue to buy energy paintings from him in the future, he agreed.
Li Chungang is not only a painter, but also a chef. There are chickens, ducks, and vegetables in the backyard, and there are a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator.
After a lot of work, I prepared an authentic farm meal for them.
After eating, Chen Feng and the three of them were very satisfied.
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